White House Commentary

Libya: The Lost War

Tribal warfare. Chaos, bloodshed and pseudo-democracy. Emboldened tyrants from Tehran to Pyongyang. And that's if we win.

Preventing a Nuclear North Korea

Not engaging with North Korea is tantamount to giving Pyongyang's nuclear program a green light.

Fools Rush into Tripoli

The Libyan train wreck is on track to get much worse.

Saudi Arabia Sells Out Washington

The U.S.-Saudi alliance will end in tragedy for Washington.

U.S. Duplicity Enrages Mideast

Janus-faced U.S. policy in the Middle East pushes strained relationships to the breaking point.

Rethinking South Asia

A cobbled together bureaucracy and a cobbled together policy—not a good way to manage South Asia.

Doing the Security Shuffle

Obama's latest personnel changes are sensible and predictable—with one major exception.

Overwrought on START

Opponents and supporters of the New START agreement are exaggerating their cases. Actually, the treaty doesn't matter that much.

Web of Destruction

Iran and North Korea are part of the same problem. Why Obama's carefully refined foreign-policy analysis could come back to haunt us.

Imbalanced on Israel

The United States spends 99 percent of its time figuring out how to butter up Israel, and only 1 percent on the legitimate concerns of Palestinians.

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May 26, 2012